Climate Polarization on Czech Social Media After Trump’s Announcement to Withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement

Donald Trump’s announcement on 1 June 2017 to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement triggered public debate, potentially revealing patterns of climate change polarization. Political polarization refers to differences in opinions and political beliefs and it has been extensively studied on social media, but remains less explored in response to specific events.

The Politics of Environmental Networks

Environmental political networks research uses social network analysis to investigate the complex relational dynamics underlying environmental governance. This editorial distinguishes between the internal politics of networks, including collaboration, contention and coalition-building, and their external politics, examining how networks are embedded in broader institutional and political contexts. It introduces a thematic issue of 11 studies exploring these dimensions across diverse environmental settings.

Relational Processes and Networks in Environmental Politics

Develops a relational research agenda for environmental politics, emphasizing networks as both structures of political interaction and arenas in which identities, values, and understandings are formed and transformed.

Coal Discourse in India: Good Governance as a Panacea for India’s Energy Future?

Examines how official Indian coal discourse reconciles continued coal dependence with climate and modernization ambitions, identifying “good sector governance” as a key narrative supporting the persistence of coal.

Climate Policy Networks

Reviews how network research helps explain coalition formation, influence, and policy learning in climate politics, and outlines a multilayer perspective connecting policy, media discourse, and social media networks.

Echo chambers of climate advocates and obstructionists: Information exchange among policy actors in ten countries

Echo chambers of like-minded policy actors who rely on information aligning with their existing beliefs can hinder informed decision-making on complex policy problems like climate change. Echo chambers of climate obstructionists are particularly concerning because they are likely to circulate misinformation. However, we do not know whether climate obstructionists are particularly prone to forming echo chambers.

Corruption dynamics in public procurement: A longitudinal network analysis of local construction contracts in Guatemala

Examines corruption as a dynamic process embedded in public procurement networks, using longitudinal network models to reveal how spending concentration, political influence, and collusion shape contracting relationships in Guatemala. Winner of the 2026 INSNA Best Student Paper Award.